Mandatory Vaccinations

And Stereo, I dont know what your country is like and what you believe, but this is America and this country was founded on freedom. Part of that freedom is to choose how you want to live your life, and of course what goes into your body. It infringes upon our freedoms to have the government mandate injecting foreign materials into our bodies.

My country is not a cesspool of disease, and I credit this to a successful vaccination strategy, that is, anyone who wants to go to public schools must take vaccinations.

In my country, the strategy is to leave this kind of decision to the experts - you know, doctors and scientists, who can understand what vaccines accomplish. If you're in public, you have a responsibility to not endanger other members of the public by making poor decisions. Legislating against drunk driving impinges on your freedoms too - because the risk is too high. And it's not up to you to decide what's risky.

The MMR vaccine is just as obviously effective as the one you cited was not:

Results

Approximately 500 persons attended a gathering with the index patient one day after her return home. Approximately 50 lacked evidence of measles immunity, of whom 16 (32 percent) acquired measles at the gathering. During the six weeks after the gathering, a total of 34 cases of measles were confirmed. Of the patients with confirmed measles, 94 percent were unvaccinated, 88 percent were less than 20 years of age, and 9 percent were hospitalized. Of the 28 patients who were 5 to 19 years of age, 71 percent were home-schooled. Vaccine failure occurred in two persons. The virus strain was genotype D4, which is endemic in Romania. Although containment measures began after 20 persons were already infectious, measles remained confined mostly to children whose parents had refused to have them vaccinated, primarily out of concern for adverse events from the vaccine. Seventy-one percent of patients were from four households. Levels of measles-vaccination coverage in Indiana were 92 percent for preschoolers and 98 percent for sixth graders. Estimated costs of containing the disease were at least $167,685, including $113,647 at a hospital with an infected employee.

And you ask yourself... why did these people refuse to have their kids vaccinated? Was it a good idea?